Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PARMENUS P. PARKHURST, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,661, dated November 5, 1861.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, PARMENUS P. PARK- HURST, of Milford, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specication, wherein- Figure l'is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section, of my washingmachine. y

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in a cylinder of slats constructed in a peculiar manner and receiving the clothes or other articles to be washed, the said cylinder be.

ing so applied that upon revolving the cylinder the clothes are thoroughly agitated and rinsed through the water in such a manner that all dirt is speedily removed and that with but very little effort.

In the drawings, a is a box or tub of any desired character, and bis a cover or lid that may be used, if desired.

c c are circular heads upon the axes or centers d, to one of which a crank g is applied, either direct or through the pinions e f, so as to revolve a cylinder formed of the said heads cc and the slats 7L h and t' i. These slats h h and 'i i are arranged in two circles, as Seen in Fig. l, and each slat is formed of a square or nearly square strip with the diagonal on the radial line of the circular heads c c, so that when the cylinder is revolved in either direction the Water is thrown by the inclined surfaces of these slats into and through the clothes, and by the two ranges of slats t' and h an important .result is attained because the inner slats i t' sustain the main weight of the .i clothes, but they project between these slats i i and rest also on the slats h h, thereby exposing these projecting portions of the clothes to the action of the Water as the cylinder is revolved. It will, however, be seen that the clothes cannot escape from the cylinder of slats, although projecting beyond the slats For convenience in introducing or Withdrawing the articles to be washed, I attach some of the slats h h and it to the side pieces k, so as to form a movable section that is to be secured in place hy inserting pins l or other suitable device.

My machine is adapted to washing or rinsing any article, from the coarsest to the finest,

`without damaging the fabric, and the speed and perfection of the practical operation are highly satisfactory, and the centrifugal force might be used to partially throw the water out of the clothes, if desired, instead of wringing.

IVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cylinder formed with two concentric series of alternating slats h 7L and t' i, as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 12th day of June, A. D. 1861.

PARMENUS P. PARKHURST.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. SCAMMELL, GEO. W. STAOY. 

